Berliner Mauer (In German)
Dates: August 13, 1961 -- November 9, 1989
What Was the Berlin Wall?
The Berlin Wall was both the physical division between West Berlin and East Germany from 1961 to 1989 and the symbolic boundary between democracy and Communism during the Cold War.
The Berlin Wall was erected in the dead of night and for 28 years kept
East Germans from fleeing to the West. Its destruction, which was nearly
as instantaneous as its creation, was celebrated around the world.
By the late 1950s, many people living in East Germany wanted out. No
longer able to stand the repressive living conditions of East Germany,
they would pack up their bags and head to West Berlin.
----Wall with graffiti is on the West Side...
East Germany desperately needed to stop this mass exodus. The obvious leak was the easy access East Germans had to West Berlin. With the support of the Soviet Union, there had been several attempts to simply take over West Berlin in order to eliminate this exit point.
---Wall with nothing written on it, is on the East Side...
The Berlin Wall Memorial is a reminder for the division of Germany and imparts an oppressive impression of the Wall and the times of the division.
Documentation Centre
The viewable exhibit in the Documentation Centre shows the 1961
history of the Wall’s construction and the circumstances of the divided
city. From the tower, one has an impressive view of the preserved parts
of the border facility and the memorial in memory of the division of the
city and the victims of communist tyranny.
An outdoor exhibition by the Berlin Wall Memorial is being laid out
here. Using the many historical fragments still found here and the
area's eventful past, the exhibition uses concrete examples to describe
the purpose and function of the Berlin Wall. It concentrates especially
on the stories of people whose lives were disrupted or restricted by the
Wall, who were expelled from their homes because of it, or who
attempted to escape over it.
The Reconciliation Church was located at this site, which was
blown-up in 1985, as it stood right on the no man’s land “death strip”.
After the fall of the Wall, the Chapel of Reconciliation was erected on
the foundations as an oval rammed earth building with a wood lamellar
casing. The victims of the Wall are regularly remembered during church
services.
101 large format images painted directly on the wall are for the joy of
came down of the wall , for the overcoming of the Iron Curtain in
Europe, the euphoria over the peace -won freedom of the persecution,
spying and lack of freedom, the hope for a better, more human society.
For personal stories, hopes and dreams . I took these while on a moving bus.....
The East Side Gallery is understood as a monument to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the peaceful resolution of boundaries and conventions between companies and people. More than 3 million visitors come to the East Side Gallery every year. In addition, the East Side Gallery is still the only authentic monument of reunification for over twenty years.
How about a closer look at these 'chipped' off wall that made it into an art...
Here's a video I took, as we rode the bus...
“Everybody ought to have a lower East Side in their life.”
"Here in Berlin, one cannot help being aware that you are the hub
around which turns the wheel of history. ... If ever there were a people
who should be constantly sensitive to their destiny, the people of
Berlin, East and West, should be they."
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